SJ/SV NAACP Calls for SJ Mayor and City Council to Implement Strong Mayor System

The SJ/SV NAACP issued a call for the Mayor and City Council in the City of San Jose to place on the next city wide ballot an initiative to change the form of governance to a Strong Mayor system. The NAACP has formally issued a call for a strong Mayor form of government after clear evidence was unearthed by the NAACP that a City of San Jose grant evaluation process has been at best flawed and at worst includes deliberate and malicious bias towards the African American community.

SAN JOSE, CA (PRWEB) June 1, 2005 -- Today, the San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP issued a call for the Mayor and City Council in the City of San Jose to place on the next city wide ballot an initiative to change the form of governance to a Strong Mayor system.

The NAACP has formally issued a call for a strong Mayor form of government after clear evidence was unearthed by the NAACP that a City of San Jose grant evaluation process has been at best flawed and at worst includes deliberate and malicious bias towards the African American community.

Rick Callender President of the SJ/SV NAACP said, It is imperative that all who are City of San Jose residents know that there is accountability with and trust in our professional staff at the City of San Jose. The only way we can ensure that all of our voices are represented is through the ballot box. This is obviously factual since we have little minority representation and no African American representation on upper on mid management staff, we have to ask who is representing our voices, values and interests. Clearly our voice can only be represented through the ballot box."

The NAACP and several leaders of the African American community have written a letter officially calling on the City Managers office and the Mayor to conduct an official investigation into the findings of the NAACP.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is the oldest, largest and strongest civil rights organization in the United States. The principal objective of the NAACP is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens of the United States. The San Jose/Silicon Valley Branch of the NAACP was founded in 1952.

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